Florida · Census place 1245000

Miami, Florida

Miami is a city in Miami-Dade County, Florida with an estimated 487,014 residents on July 1, 2024. It is the 2nd largest of 333 incorporated places of 1,000+ people in the state.

Population 2024
487,014
#2 of 333 in Florida
Change since 2020
+10.0%
+44,186 people
Land area
36.0 sq mi
+ 20.08 sq mi water
Density
13,528 / sq mi
State median 2,498
Orange pin: Miami. Shaded: its county. Dark pin: Tallahassee.

Miami population, 2020 to 2024

Miami added 44,186 residents from July 2020 to July 2024, a change of +10.0%. In the latest year it moved by +16,337. Among 229 Florida places of 5,000 or more, that growth ranks 53rd; the median place changed by +4.8%. The median place of 5,000+ in Florida has 21,954 people, so Miami is 22.2 times that size.

442.8k2020441.6k2021456.7k2022470.7k2023487.0k2024
July 1 estimates. The April 2020 estimates base was 442,244. The axis starts above zero so yearly changes are visible.

Miami covers 36.00 square miles of land and 20.08 of water, for 13,528 people per square mile of land. The median Florida place of 5,000+ has 2,498, so Miami is denser than the typical town.

What county Miami is in

All of Miami's residents live in Miami-Dade County, which had 2,838,461 residents in 2024. Miami holds 17.2% of the county's population. The shaded shape is on the map above; dots mark the eight nearest places.

ZIP codes in Miami

20 ZIP Code Tabulation Areas (ZCTAs) overlap Miami by at least 10% of the ZCTA's or the city's land: 33101, 33125, 33126, 33127, 33128, 33129, 33130, 33131, 33132, 33133, 33134, 33135, 33136, 33137, 33138, 33142, 33144, 33145, 33149, 33150. ZCTAs are Census approximations of USPS ZIP code delivery areas. The list comes from the 2020 ZCTA to place relationship file, so a city that annexed land after 2020 may reach into ZIP codes not listed here.

Where Miami is

The Census internal point of Miami is at 25.775200, -80.208600. Tallahassee, the capital, is 406.6 miles NW in a straight line. The nearest larger place is Jacksonville, FL (1,009,833 people), 327.4 miles away. The nearest city of 100,000 or more is Hialeah, FL, 8.8 miles away. The ground at the internal point is about 3 m (10 ft) above sea level.

Internal point

Decimal
25.775200, -80.208600
DMS
25°46'30.72"N 80°12'30.96"W
UTM
17N 579353.2E 2851027.4N
Geohash
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Plus code
76QXQQGR+3H
Time zone
America/New_York

Daylight in Miami

At 25.78° N, Miami gets about 13 h 45 min of daylight around the June solstice and 10 h 32 min around the December solstice, a swing of 3 h 13 min. Figures are sunrise to sunset from the SunCalc model for June 21 and December 21, 2026. Month-by-month sunrise and sunset times are on the Miami daylight page.

Places near Miami

The eight nearest incorporated places of 1,000+ in Florida, measured between internal points. The closest is Miami Beach, 4.4 miles away, with 83,251 people.

Questions people ask

What is the population of Miami, FL?

487,014 on July 1, 2024, in the Census Vintage 2024 estimates. That is up 44,186 (10.0%) from 442,828 in July 2020.

What county is Miami in?

Miami-Dade County. All of its residents live in that county.

What ZIP codes cover Miami?

20 ZIP Code Tabulation Areas overlap it by at least 10% of either area: 33101, 33125, 33126, 33127, 33128, 33129, 33130, 33131, 33132, 33133, 33134, 33135, and more.

How far is Miami from Tallahassee?

406.6 miles (654.4 km) in a straight line, heading NW from Miami.

What is the nearest larger city to Miami?

Jacksonville, FL, with 1,009,833 residents, 327.4 miles away between internal points.

Sources and data as of

Data as of: Census Vintage 2024 subcounty estimates (July 1, 2024), 2024 Gazetteer places, 2020 ZCTA to place relationship file.

  1. 01Census Vintage 2024 subcounty population estimates
  2. 02Census 2024 Gazetteer, places
  3. 03Census 2020 ZCTA to place relationship file
  4. 04Census 2024 cartographic boundary file, counties (1:5,000,000)
  5. 05Open-Meteo forecast API (time zone and Copernicus GLO-90 elevation) (last verified 2026-09-30)

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